BIRNAM WOOD
BY ELEANOR CATTON GRANTA
Described by one critic as “a Kiwi Jonathan Franzen”, this fantastic novel explores what happens when a hippie collective clashes with a ruthless billionaire.
Mira and Shelley run Birnam Wood, a guerrilla gardening group that cultivates plant crops in unexpected places, often illegally.
When a landslide blocks the Korowai Pass, the tiny town of Thorndike is cut off from the world, including a farm owned by Sir Owen Darvish. Darvish plans to
